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by rkomorn 281 days ago
This is the first time I've seen someone argue that adding syntactic sugar means creating a new language.
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bryanrasmussen 281 days ago
it really depends on how much syntactic sugar you add.

You could go back 13 years, show somebody some JSX and ask them what language they think it is and nobody would be well that's obviously JavaScript with a bit of sugar on top.

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rkomorn 281 days ago
Sure, if I'd been replying to a comment that had anything resembling nuance, that would be applicable.

It did not.

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